Bank of Ceylon Seychelles branch honoured for service excellence

The Bank of Ceylon’s Seychelles branch was honoured for distinguished service and commitment to strengthen the cooperation between Seychelles and Sri Lanka at the Service Excellence Awards Ceremony named as ‘Sewaabhimani Honours Awards’ at International Conference Centre, Mahe, Seychelles on 9 October. 

The award was presented by President Maithripala Sirisena on his two-day official visit to Seychelles. BOC Seychelles Country Manager Lasantha Dissanayake received the award on behalf of the bank.

“Since its establishment in 2014, BOC Seychelles has proved its resilience today by receiving this award of service excellence. Whilst facing various challenges that a branch is exposed to when operating overseas, these four years have seen us grow steadily providing an outstanding service to customers of both Seychellois origin and Sri Lankan origin. This is not only an award for business excellence but also an award for our perseverance and determination to achieve our objectives as set out in our original business plan,” stated Senarath Bandara. 

“This would not have been possible if not for the support given in these four years by the Government of Sri Lanka, the Government of Seychelles and the Central Banks of the two countries. This support is what made it possible for BOC Seychelles to operate successfully. For this I want to thank all of these stakeholders and also all our customers of Seychelles branch,” he added.

Within the 30-year period that the two countries enjoyed bilateral relations, 20 January 2014 would get marked as a special day as Sri Lanka’s No. 1 and prime State bank, Bank of Ceylon opened its newest overseas branch in Victoria, Seychelles.

BOC Seychelles was the bank’s third overseas branch. Moving to Seychelles was a strategic initiative made by the Bank of Ceylon, as a step towards fulfilling its aspiration to become Sri Lankan international bank. 

BOC Seychelles provide all commercial banking services with special focus on Sri Lankan expatriates and citizens of Seychelles with corporate banking, SME banking, retail banking, trade finance, deposit accounts and credit facilities for trading, tourism, industry and fisheries sectors.